Creamy Mushroom Soup

My husband likes mushrooms. I am not so fond of it but can eat it in small quantity. I tried to cook mushrooms in several ways but not perfect. I also have made mushroom soup several times, but not so tasty like yesterday. My husband and father-in-law, both liked it very much and asked for more.

I wasn't sure about nutritional value of the mushrooms so I did research on the internet about white button mushrooms I used in the soup. I got following 2 links and was relaxed that this was healthy for the persons who are not allergic to mushrooms.

Mushroom benefits and Nutrition with mushroom

Creamy Mushroom Soup

Ingredients:

2 cup finely cut White Button Mushrooms

1 Red finely cut Onion
10-12 cut Cherry Tomatoes
1/4 cup Coconut Milk
Water as required
Salt & pepper according to taste
1 tsp Oil

Method:

1. Heat the oil in the pan and saute the onion in the oil till it is softened. 
2. Add tomatoes into it and saute it for 3 minutes. 
3. Add mushrooms and saute it for least 10 minutes until the mushrooms are cooked thoroughly. Remove the pan from the heat and let it cool down. 
4. Put the mixture & some water in the blender and blend it till it gets smooth consistency and a thin paste. 
5. Pour the blended mixture into the cooking pot and add water. You can put water accordingly as you want soup thicker or thinner. Boil it for 10 minutes at least. 
6. Add coconut milk into it. Also add salt and black pepper according to taste. Boil it for another 5 minutes. 
7. Serve it hot.

I used tomatoes freshly grown by my father-in-law in his garden.

Corn & Tofu Fry

Sometimes, I don't get much time to cook, so I keep snacks ready for the kids. And also try to get the recipes so that I can get snacks ready within 5 minutes. Corn & tofu fry is very simple recipe, but Tanishk likes it very much. And I also like the combination of corn & tofu.

Corn & Tofu Fry

Ingredients:
1 cup Whole kernel sweet corn
1 cup tofu in very small cubes
1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
1/2 tsp Chaat Masala
1/8 tsp Black Pepper (Optional)
1/8 tsp Red Chilli Powder (Optional)
Salt as per taste

1/2 tbsp Oil / Casein Free Butter

Method:

1. Put the pan on heat and put oil in it. Heat the oil and put the cumin seeds. Once cumin sizzles, put in the corn and fry it for 3 minutes. 
2. Put in tofu pieces and mix it nicely. FRy it till corn & tofu both are cooked fully.
3. Put in all the spices and salt, mix it. It's ready to serve.

We like it. I hope you people will also like it.

Cooked Daal Pancake

Since I have used greens in my Green Pancake, I became very comfortable and started to hide greens in most of the food. I try to use veggies everywhere - khichdi, parantha, dosa, pancake, bread, muffins, pasta. I make very little pieces, sometimes I puree them and use in the recipe. Last weekend, I made Zucchini Bread (Still I have to be perfect). Then I put veggies in khichdi.

Yesterday, I made moong Paalak Daal (Spinach in mung bean). Tanay ate it happily. But, Tanishk didn't eat much. He doesn't eat vegetables because of the texture. He didn't like spinach leaf stuck on his teeth.

Next day, I mean today, it is leftover. I thought that Tanishk should eat it. I got an idea. I made Green Pancake once again, but with the leftover daal. Believe me, it was very very tasty. I hope Tanishk will like it. 

Moong Daal Palak Cheela (Cooked Daal Pancake)

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Brown Rice Flour

1/4 cup Moong Daal Palak Puree (Blend Daal in the blender)

1/4 cup Milk (Any dairy free milk)

Salt to adjust as daal has already salt & spices

1/2 tsp Oil

Method:

1. Mix all the ingredients except oil till smooth batter. Add some water if needed.
2. Heat the tawa and place 1 spoon batter on tawa & spread it like dosa. Use oil to cook it.
3. Cook it until both sides are brown.
4. Serve warm with any jam, jelly or syrup. Makes 4 pancakes.

Cheese Omelette

I know that Tanishk likes cheese very much. After making Cheese Parantha, I was comfortable using Dairy free Daiya Cheese and Tanishk also liked it. But he is not good at eating omelette. I thought I should try something different. I made egg and cheese combination.

I don't eat omelette, so I don't know the taste. But Tanishk liked it very much. I saw him to take a big bite even it was hot. And he ate all very fast. Tanay also liked it very much.

Ingredients:
1/8 cup Daiya Cheese
1 egg
1 tbsp Oil
Salt & Black Pepper for taste

Method:

1. Beat the egg with the beater and mix salt & black pepper in it.
2. Heat the non-stick pan and pour the batter in the pan.
3. Spread all the cheese on egg and let it melt. Put some oil both sides.
4. Cook it until both sides are light brown.
5. Serve hot with GFCF toast, kids will like it.